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N0. 380.724. Patented Apr. 10, 1888.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LANGGUTH, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR OF.TWOTHIRDS TO JAMES R. WOOD, OFVVOBURN, AND JAMES L. RIPLEY, OF SOMERVILLE, MAS- S AOHUSETTS.

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SPCFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,724, dated April 10,11888.

Application filed January 7, 1888. Serial No.`260,055. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LANGGUTH,

of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and 5 useful Improvement in Spoons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of spoons used principally formixing and drinking medicines, 85o., which are provided with hol- Io lowor tubular handles; and it consists in the construction below described,whereby the passage has its inlet at the center of the inner side of thebottom of the bowl, and its outlet at the end ofthe handle, thusproviding means I5 by which the bowl, while in a horizontal position,can be completely emptied by the user.

In the accompanying drawings, in y which similar letters of referenceindicatelike parts, Figure lis a View, part in elevation and part 2o insection, of my improved mixing spoon. Fig. 2is a cross vertical sectionof the same on line w, Fig. 1.

A represents the handle, and B the bowl, of the spoon. The handle A istubular, a pas.

2,5 sage, C, extending its entire length and thence continuously throughthe wall or body of the bowl to the inlet or entrance b in the center ofthe inner side or bottom of said bowl. Thus a continuous passage isformed from the inlet 3) b to the outlet a, the latter being at theextreme upper end of the handle.

This spoon maybe used inthe ordinary manner to mix medicines or liquors.The desired amount having been placed in the bowl of the spoon, the endofthe handle is inserted in the 35 mouth, and the liquid compound drawnin exactly as it is drawn through a straw or glass tube. By means ofthis construction the spoon, when held in the ordinary position-t1e.,with the bowl horizontal-can be drained to the 4o last drop, theinlet b to the tubebeing exactly the place where the last drop would belocated. The bowl is usually made somewhat larger than common, and canbe graduated, as shown, if desired. 45

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described improved spoon, con sisting of the handle A andbowl B, said han- 5o dle and bowl being provided with the continuouspassage C,whose inlet b is at the center of the inner side or bottom ofthe bowl, whose outlet is at the end of Athe handle, and which extendsthrough the handle and within the 55 wall of the bowl to said inlet,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES LANGGUTH.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, J, M. HARTNETT.

